re: What would be your "Sales Pitch" to Greg Oden to sign w/ Pelicans?Posted by ThePistol on 7/16/13 at 11:54 am to Fun Bunch

I haven't seen anyone mention it, but Oden and Gordon played AAU ball together in high school. Oden was a year older than Gordon but they all played together, along with Mike Conley, for the Spiece Indy Heat. I saw them play in the Reebok Big Time tourney in Vegas in the summer of 05. They, of course won the tournament.

Just another thing to think about when wondering how NOLA got in on Oden. Former AAU teammates seems to be a big deal for these guys.

re: What would be your "Sales Pitch" to Greg Oden to sign w/ Pelicans?Posted by adono on 7/16/13 at 12:29 pm to Chad504boy

quote:4) Story of Drew Brees and growth with the city

Brilliant!

What a great pitch. Brees came here as damaged goods...no one wanted him. The city embraced him and a struggling franchise won a Superbowl. Brees is now a sure first ballot HOF and a legend here. This could be Oden's story as well.

re: What would be your "Sales Pitch" to Greg Oden to sign w/ Pelicans?Posted by Weebie on 7/16/13 at 6:56 pm to Chad504boy

Let Eric Gordon give him a tour of all the nice and comfortable couches, saunas, and other spa-like services since he will be injured 95% of the time. Maybe even bring in some extra PS3's and XBox's to play on during the games.

1. Nola is a pretty good city 2. Jamaal Mashburn used to get laid here so can you 3. You don't have to play to get paid(Peja, Gordon) 4. If your a scrub here you become a legend like Aaron Gray, Dan Dickau, etc 5. Not that many people will know what you do so you can live in your bell tower incognito

re: What would be your "Sales Pitch" to Greg Oden to sign w/ Pelicans?Posted by TigerinATL on 7/17/13 at 2:42 pm to bearhc

quote:Why are people excited about this?

Why do people get excited about the lottery? Low risk, High Reward. There were plenty of people who weren't excited when it looked like it might cost us a good player. But since it won't, what else are we going to do with the money planned for Oden? The roster is already set.

re: What would be your "Sales Pitch" to Greg Oden to sign w/ Pelicans?Posted by Mickey Goldmill on 7/17/13 at 2:55 pm to TigerinATL

quote:Why do people get excited about the lottery? Low risk, High Reward. There were plenty of people who weren't excited when it looked like it might cost us a good player. But since it won't, what else are we going to do with the money planned for Oden? The roster is already set.

Exactly. We aren't getting anyone else this offseason so what's $3 million from Benson's pocket mean to us? If this doesn't cost us a player, and it doesn't look like it will, there is literally ZERO risk here.